George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912 - 2001)

Artwork title:	Contrasts (Two Babies)
Artist:	George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912 - 2001)
Lot number:	276
Estimate:	ZAR 300,000 - ZAR 500,000
Medium:	Oil on canvas
Category:	Paintings
Size (HxWxD):	53.5 cm - 75 cm (21.06 in - 29.53 in)
Date of painting:	93
Lot description:	93
Misc:	Signed / Inscribed
Auction house:	Strauss & Co \| Cape Town
Auction sale:	Evening Sale Modern and Contemporary Art
Auction date:	Sep 16, 2024
Provenance:	From the artist's private collection. Private Collection, Monna Mokoena. Private Collection, Cape Town.
Literature:	Sarah Hudleston (1996) Against All Odds: George Pemba: His Life and Works, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, illustrated in colour on page 151.
Exhibited:	South African National Gallery, Cape Town, George Pemba Retrospective, 27 April to 28 July 1996, illustrated in colour on page 105, cat. no. 122.
Classification:	Modern & Contemporary Art

Artwork title: Contrasts (Two Babies)

Artist: George Mnyalaza Milwa Pemba (South African, 1912 - 2001)

Lot Number: 276

Estimate prices: ZAR 300,000 - ZAR 500,000

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Category:

Paintings

Size (HxWxD): 53.5 cm - 75 cm (21.06 in - 29.53 in)

Date of painting: 93

Desc:

Misc: Signed / Inscribed

Auction house: Strauss & Co | Cape Town

Auction sale:

Evening Sale Modern and Contemporary Art

Auction date: Sep 16, 2024

Provenance: From the artist's private collection. Private Collection, Monna Mokoena. Private Collection, Cape Town.

Literature: Sarah Hudleston (1996) Against All Odds: George Pemba: His Life and Works, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, illustrated in colour on page 151.

Exhibited: South African National Gallery, Cape Town, George Pemba Retrospective, 27 April to 28 July 1996, illustrated in colour on page 105, cat. no. 122.

Classification: Modern & Contemporary Art

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                34.5 cm
                
                (19.49 in -
                13.58 in)

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